Critical severity · published Mar 30, 2023
CVE-2023-1699
Rapid7 Nexpose versions 6.6.186 and below suffer from a forced browsing vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate URLs to forcefully browse to and access…
9.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Rapid7 Nexpose versions 6.6.186 and below suffer from a forced browsing vulnerability. This vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate URLs to forcefully browse to and access administrative pages. This vulnerability is fixed in version 6.6.187.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Nexpose · Rapid7
before 6.6.187 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1699
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1699
Release Notes
https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/nexpose/20230329/
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